Authors - William James
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Quote 1712by Anonymous on 15/01/2011
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
Quote 1776by Anonymous on 16/01/2011
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
Quote 4550by Anonymous on 23/02/2011
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
Quote 5957by Anonymous on 07/09/2011
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
Quote 6598by Anonymous on 01/10/2011
The stream of thought flows on; but most of its segments fall into the bottomless abyss of oblivion. Of some, no memory survives the instant of their passage. Of others, it is confined to a few moments, hours or days. Others, again, leave vestiges which are indestructible, and by means of which they may be recalled as long as life endures.
Quote 8180by Anonymous on 27/04/2012
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
Quote 8202by Anonymous on 28/04/2012
Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.
Quote 8258by Anonymous on 01/05/2012
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
Quote 8536by Anonymous on 17/05/2012
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Quote 9031by Anonymous on 11/06/2012
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Quote 9379by Anonymous on 21/07/2012
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
Quote 10332by Anonymous on 27/09/2012
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.
Quote 10614by Anonymous on 13/10/2012
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Quote 11850by Anonymous on 26/01/2013
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
Quote 12097by Anonymous on 28/02/2013
Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.
Quote 12862by Anonymous on 29/05/2013
This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.
Quote 13257by Anonymous on 03/07/2013
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.